POLS 015B Chapter Notes - Chapter End pages : Twenty-Second Amendment To The United States Constitution, Twenty-Fourth Amendment Of The Constitution Of India, Thirteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution
7 Jun 2018
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Appendix 3:
The Constitution of the United States:
● 1st amendment
○ Freedom of religion, speech, the press, assembly, and petition.
● 5th amendment
○ No capital crime except when charges by grand jury; no double jeopardy; no
witness against self
■ People cannot be tried for a serious crime unless accused by a grand jury.
■ People cannot be forced to testify against themselves.
■ People cannot be tried twice for the same crime.
■ People cannot be punished without due process of law.
■ People must be paid for property taken for public use.
● 6th amendment
○ Right to speedy trial, info about accusation, help from court with lawyer.
● 13th amendment
○ Prohibits slavery
● 15th amendment
○ No denying the vote because of race or color, or because he was slave
■ Woman still can not vote
● 18th amendment
○ Manufacture, sale, transportation of alcoholic beverages prohibited.
● 19th amendment
○ Women have the right to vote.
■ Woman suffrage
● 21st amendment
○ Repealed Amendment 18
● 22nd amendment
○ Limits Presidents terms in office to two.
● 24th amendment
○ outlawed the poll tax. you can not force people to pay to vote.
● 26th amendment
○ 18-year-olds are given the right to vote.
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Document Summary
Freedom of religion, speech, the press, assembly, and petition. No capital crime except when charges by grand jury; no double jeopardy; no witness against self. People cannot be tried for a serious crime unless accused by a grand jury. People cannot be forced to testify against themselves. People cannot be tried twice for the same crime. People cannot be punished without due process of law. People must be paid for property taken for public use. Right to speedy trial, info about accusation, help from court with lawyer. No denying the vote because of race or color, or because he was slave. Manufacture, sale, transportation of alcoholic beverages prohibited. Limits presidents terms in office to two. Outlawed the poll tax. you can not force people to pay to vote.
